Spectacle front



April 2, 1935. E. PAPPERT 7 1,996,683

SPECTACLE FRONT I Filed April 8, 1955 Patented Apr. 2, 1935 UN T D S TE PATENT orr icaf sPEc'rAcLE r'noN'r Emanuel Pappert, Flushing, N. Y., assignor to l 7 j Company, Washington,

' Application April 8, 1933, Serial No. 665,222

'4 Claims.

This invention relates in general to' spec'ta'cles, and more particularly has reference to amea ns for properly supporting the spectacles in, place on the face of the wearer. '2

It; is a well known fact that diiferent-persons are endowed with different facialcharacteristics d that spectacle ppo ts which are cominonly permanentlyand integrally attached to the lens rims, must'be adjusted for each individual according ,to his or her particular facialfcharacteristics. It is also well known thattheears of J different persons are diflerently-positioned with respect .to their eyes andthe other-parts of their faces and thatsspectacleshaving temples adapted to engage the wearers ears must likewise be adjusted to properly position the lenses before the eyes. u r f f 7 (These adjustments have in the past been accomplished in ,two ways. First, wherever possible the, adjustment has-been accomplished by bending the various parts ofthe mountings with pliers or the like provided for the'purpose, and second where the adjustmentis too'greator of a naturesuch thatit could notibe accomplished-by spect to the line of pupils of the wearer's eyes.-

'I'hese spectacles may be and are made in standard sizes to flt most persons. Howeveiywhere a persons ears are set particularly low-with respectto the eyes or where thBOhQCkfbOIlS are especially high, these standard mountings cannot be properly fitted by merely bending the partabecause for instance, ifthe ears are low,

special made mountings with their attendant cost and the inconvenience involved in-procuringand flttingthem. f 1 It is therefore anobject-of'this invention to provide a means'whereby the relative position of the temple connections and the attachments of thebridge or nose supports withrespect to the lens rims may .b'e readily adjusted'to the requirements of various persons. It is. an' object to provide for such adjustment without in any way detracting from the appearance of the mountings, but instead to actually utilize an ornamental design to assist in accomplishing this bending, it has been necessary to "provides number of diiferent spectacle mountings having vary-' a type of spectacle in whichthe temples and purpose. By this means 'thenec'essityfor special sizes and arrangements of mountings will be eliminated and'a perfect fittingrnounting quickly and easily produced from stock parts. It :i salso ghat by this arrangement. various -5 of bridge land end-piece; designs evolved according to the desires of ;the

e. sari u s l s i h s- 9 'm'e without delay or prohibitive cost.,q i 4 Qtherobjects and advantages of this inven- 10 tion' become apparent from the following defjsjri tion taken in connectionwith the accompariying drawing, it being understood that; the same areby wayof example and illustration only and are 'not to be taken as in any way limiting the spirit or scope of this invention. The spirit, andjscope of this invention are. to be-limited only by the prior art and by .theterms of the I appendedclairns. I. g, a V

Referring now moreparticularly tothe draw ing in which like numerals indicate correspond-'1, ing' parts throughout:

1 is a front-view of embodying, this invention. I v

i Figure 2is aplan view of the same. 'Figure 3 is adetail perspective view illustrate 'ing an endpiece constructed in accordance with this invention. L s, I c I.

' Figure! isadetailperspectiye of a section of a spectacle .7

adapted to cooperate.

' Figure '5 is a perspective view showing :the endpi'ece inflpla ce on the eyewire'. s

Figure dis a view partly in section showing 1. the "device illustrated in Figure 5, with a iens in place in the eyewi're. V

In accordance with this inventiona pairtof lens rims l are formed. of eyewire having a.V--

shaped groove] for receiving the edges ofthe I respective lenses 3. The lens rims I in this ingstance Gare shown as'being. O tagonal in shape, having "substantially; straight top and bottom:

sides 4 and 5 respectively, and -substantially straight nasal and temporalsidesfi -and'larespectively. The topsides 4 arejoined to the 45;

nasal andtemporal sides 6 and 11 respectively by theinclined portions 8, andthe bottom sides 7 5 are joined to the temporal and nasalsides by 'the inclined portions 9. The rirns 'are split along their inner edges and joinedtog'ether by suit-50 ablesecuringmeanslll. a g. on I,

The eyewireiitself is preferably formed withf a convex outer surface II and with slightly con-V cave front'and rear surfaces 12' and ;.ll.-re-

spectively. Along the edges or corners of the eyewire with which the .endpieceof Figure 3 is '30 

